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National Concert Hall : Portraits of Seán Ó Riada Parts I & II

  • October 01, 2021
  • In the News
  • 2 min read

National Concert Hall : Portraits of Seán Ó Riada Parts I &II

Part I

With RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Mick O'Brien For the first concert RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra explore Ó Riada’s landmark orchestral output. Ó Riada’s ambition was to create orchestral music in the European tradition. As he said himself, ‘it is my composition that gives meaning to my existence’. The programme includes his landmark Hercules Dux Ferrariae, the evocative Banks of the Sullane and Ceol na Laoi as well as his famous film scores for Mise Éire and Saoirse. The concert also features contributions from Aoife Ní Bhriain and Mick O’Brien.  
Curator : Anthony Long, RTÉ NSO
Curatorial advisor : Liam O’Connor

Part II

With Ceoltóirí Chualann, Peadar O Riada, Seán Ó Sé, Seán Keane, Cormac Begley, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Sibéal Ní Chasaide, Doireann and Siún Ní Ghlacáin, Stephen Rea, Mick O’Brien and Crash Ensemble Featuring Peadar Ó Riada with Ceoltóirí Chualann, including original members Seán Ó Sé and fiddle-player Seán Keane alongside concertina player Cormac Begley, composer, pianist and fiddle-player Ryan Molloy, singer Sibéal Ní Chasaide and Ó Riada’s granddaughters, the fiddle-players Doireann and Siún Ní Ghlacáin, Mick O’Brien, Michael Tubridy, Kevin Glackin and Éamon McGivney. John Kelly, Seán Potts and Mel Mercier, whose fathers were in Ceoltóirí Chualann, will also feature a host of the country's finest musicians and singers, this portrait shines a light on Ó Riada’s extraordinary legacy, one that has helped shape the national psyche. Crash Ensemble will perform his landmark Hercules Dux Ferrariae with single-strings. Stephen Rea will draw on Ó Riada’s influence on the writings of poets like Seamus Heaney and Thomas Kinsella. A curated soundscape contextualises Ó Riada’s disparate musical life.
Curator: Liam O’Connor with Gary Sheehan, NCH
 
 

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